Young Marie Antoinette has a recurring nightmare, in which the broken head of her porcelain doll is her own.
Kathryn Lasky. Later. Here at Blois there is a stink and all seems dirty compared to Anet, and above the stink there is something worse: the sweet perfume of Queen Catherine. It precedes her wherever she goes. I smell it now.
Jon Walters was all set to take it for Stoke. He's a no-nonsense player, Walters, and I expected him to score. I stood there, watching and waiting as Mignolet bounced on his line holding his arms high in the hope that he might distract ...
Shells began to burst round us, sending splinters clattering off the hull. Minutes later we passed a craft of some sort, on fire and sinking, with men floundering in the water. I was horrified, but there could be no question of our ...
My Story: The Greatest Footballer That Never Was
As I started writing this book, it was suppose to be about encouraging people that were down or had no hope. I continued to write and realized that I was telling my story of my life and my weaknesses.
January Sir Thomas Wyatt raises an army and begins a rebellion against Queen Mary and the Spanish marriage. February 7Wyatt surrenders. February 12 Lady Jane Grey and Guilford Dudley are executed, Jane on Tower Green, and Guilford on ...
... three calls found a man named Lynn Myers, a relative, that I talked to for an hour and a half and gained a great deal of information from. Betty did not do nearly as well on her family in Virginia. Betty and I are still working.
By then , I was dead tired , since I'd been up at the crack of dawn to catch a train ; still , it was a great relief to be inside that dry , warm high school auditorium , and my spirits picked up as soon as we started playing .
THE GREAT ACTRESS'S ACCOUNT OF HER CAREER, HER PERSONAL LIFE, AND THOSE WITH WHOM SHE HAS WORKED IS ACCOMPANIED BY INFORMATION ABOUT AND REACTIONS TO HER FROM HER DIRECTORS, CO-STARS, HUSBANDS, AND CHILDREN INCLUDES CHRONOLOGY OF THE FILMS, ...
Little known and long unavailable, this autobiography, written by actress and starlet Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), describes her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity, and her marriage to Joe DiMaggio, ...
Published for the first time in Spanish, this autobiography of Hollywood star and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe sheds an intimate and revealing light on her often troubled and tragic life.
But this book is not just about Bright's time in the game. This is the story of someone who battled against the odds to achieve his dream.
The harrowing true story of abduction and survival from the courageous young woman who lived it—now the subject of a Lifetime original movie, I Am Elizabeth Smart.
She and her husband, Matthew Gilmour, now have two children. How did Elizabeth Smart survive nine months in captivity-and manage to forge a new life for herself? This is her story.
As the daughter of the fallen Anne Boleyn, young Princess Elizabeth lives a complicated and dangerous life.
In 1914 Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter of the Tsar, leads a privileged life in the grand palaces of Russia.
Biography of gospel singer Wilbur Daniels, a living legend, of Fresno, CA. Follow him from his humble beginnings to his current status as a gospel concert quartet singer and promoter of the largest event of its kind west of the Mississippi.
A major literary event during that season was the publication of Jilly Cooper's new blockbuster novel Polo , and the launch party , held at the Hyde Park Barracks , was described in polo circles as the hottest ticket in town ' .
My Story: The Duchess of York, Her Father and Me